Helping the Homeless in Birmingham

Mainly through our Birmingham Women’s Peace Group, I have been collecting items of clothing, toiletries and dried food to help the homeless in Birmingham in recent years.

These items are distributed through 4 churches : St Martin in the Bullring, Agape Church, St Michael and St John, and St Basil’s Edmunds Court. On January 9 th , I took quite a number of items to Edmunds Court, where 48 young women are given accommodation for several months, and helped to integrate back into society.

The staff there are extremely grateful for all the items, as are the young women who come to choose what they need, especially warm clothing in this cold weather. This is such a rewarding activity.